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Menu bar

You can select and execute the various functions and settings of 
ACDSee for PENTAX by selecting the menu items from the menu bar.

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Browser toolbar

Browser toolbar includes shortcut buttons for commonly used functions and 
tools. These buttons open dialog boxes or display further command buttons.

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Navigation pane

Navigation pane displays a folder tree of the folders on your computer, 
external drive, or peripheral device.

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Preview pane

Preview pane displays the image selected in the File pane.

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File pane

File pane displays the contents of a folder selected in the Navigation 

pane as a list of files or as thumbnails.

You can sort your images by such criteria as file name, file size, file date, 

etc.

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Summary of Contents for OPTIO MX

Page 1: ...Enjoying Your Digital Camera Images On Your PC PC Guide e_00_pc_kb353 book Page 1 Wednesday April 28 2004 1 27 PM...

Page 2: ...emarks of their respective companies Apple the Apple logo AppleScript the Apple Store Mac the Mac logo Mac OS Macintosh and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and oth...

Page 3: ...7 Transferring Images to a Macintosh 23 Viewing Images and Movies 25 Starting ACDSee for PENTAX 25 Displaying a List of Images and Movies 26 Viewing a Full Size Image or Movie 33 Editing Images and Mo...

Page 4: ...lot PC card adapter or a card reader Remove the card from the camera When transferring images on the card to a computer with another device make sure to review the user manual accompanying that device...

Page 5: ...e operating manual of the software you are using for details on how to use images and movies on your website Images transferred to the computer can be saved onto a CD R or other media ACDSee for PENTA...

Page 6: ...ons for enjoying your digital camera pictures and movies on your computer The following software is included in the CD ROM S SW17 provided Windows ACDSee for PENTAX Image viewing editing software ACD...

Page 7: ...mum Hard Disk space 40MB minimum Display adapter capable of displaying a minimum of 256 colors Internet Explorer 5 5 or later Some formats may require viewing with QuickTime 6 0 or later and DirectX 9...

Page 8: ...Me NT 2000 XP Home Edition Professional CPU Pentium or higher recommended Memory 128MB minimum QuickTime 6 0 or later is required to play movies with the provided software ACDSee for PENTAX or ACD Sho...

Page 9: ...U PowerPC 266MHz or higher Memory 8MB minimum Hard Disk space 6MB minimum The classic system is necessary when using ACD photostitcher with Mac OS X or higher Operation is not guaranteed on all Macint...

Page 10: ...screen will appear Follow the instruction on the screen Complete InstallShield Wizard screen will appear Installing the Software for Windows When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or W...

Page 11: ...cognized area to begin the installation 8 Double click My Computer on the desktop When the installation is completed your camera can then be found in the My Computer window as Removable Disk Make sure...

Page 12: ...creen appears 4 Click ACDSee Installing the Image Processing Software ACDSee for PENTAX When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or Windows XP log on with an account that has administrat...

Page 13: ...reen guidance and enter the registration information when the Setup screen appears Reboot your PC after installation is finished Other settings are not necessary during installation The panoramic imag...

Page 14: ...is connected to the Internet click the displayed country or region and then follow the instructions to register your product Thank you very much for your cooperation Product Registration on the Inter...

Page 15: ...S SW17 icon 4 Double click the Install ACDSee icon The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears Double click the Master Installer icon to display the PENTAX Software Installer screen 5 You can choose...

Page 16: ...t If the message CarbonLib xxxxx could not be found appears during installation You must add the extension file CarbonLib to the Extension folder in the System folder in order to install the provided...

Page 17: ...his PC guide A world map for Internet Product Registration is displayed If your PC is connected to the Internet click the displayed country or region and then follow the instructions to register your...

Page 18: ...to select PC 5 Press the OK button Setting Up Your Digital Camera Setting the USB Connection Mode to PC Do not connect the camera to your PC while PictBridge is selected for the USB Connection mode D...

Page 19: ...PC on 2 Turn your camera off and connect it to the PC with the USB cable Make sure the SD Memory Card is inserted in the camera 3 Turn your camera on The Device Detector screen appears automatically...

Page 20: ...mera is connected to your computer in PictBridge USB Connection mode the digital camera will not be properly recognized as a storage device In that case disconnect the USB cable from your camera and P...

Page 21: ...cted that you do not have the following software installed on your computer Ghostscript 7 0 or later may appear If you will only display or edit images inside the digital camera it is not necessary fo...

Page 22: ...TX folder xxx is a three digit number 9 Select Copy To from the Edit menu The Copy Files screen appears 10 Click More and select the destination folder 11 Click OK The image is copied to the PC e_00_p...

Page 23: ...B Mass Storage Device and click Close 3 Click USB Mass Storage Device and click OK 4 When a message appears indicating that the hardware can be safely removed disconnect the USB cable from your camera...

Page 24: ...d and click OK A message appears 4 Click OK 5 Disconnect the camera from your PC If the camera removable disk is being used by an application such as ACDSee for PENTAX the camera cannot be disconnecte...

Page 25: ...The folder name can be changed Transferring Images to a Macintosh Connecting the Camera and Macintosh If the SD Memory Card has a volume label the volume label name appears instead of untitled A new...

Page 26: ...directly displayed on the Macintosh from a camera connected to the Macintosh For information on how to directly view the camera images see p 32 To edit images first transfer them to your Macintosh Dis...

Page 27: ...DSee for PENTAX folder on the desktop 2 Double click the ACDSee for PENTAX program icon ACDSee for PENTAX starts and an image list Browser appears Select Exit from the File menu in the Browser or the...

Page 28: ...ation of functions within the Browser c Menu bar You can select and execute the various functions and settings of ACDSee for PENTAX by selecting the menu items from the menu bar d Browser toolbar Brow...

Page 29: ...e or delete items select what file types or folders to display in the File pane and sort your images You can customize the toolbar for easy use by turning the button labels on or off adding or removin...

Page 30: ...and buttons e Navigation pane Navigation pane displays a folder tree of the folders on your computer external drive or peripheral device f Preview pane Preview pane displays the image selected in the...

Page 31: ...formation in a list format You can change the file information that is displayed 1p 31 Thumbnails Displays image file thumbnails Large Icons Displays large icons and file names Small Icons Displays sm...

Page 32: ...eric keypad on the keyboard Categories assigned to the numeric keypad 0 Extension 1 Name 2 Size 3 Type 4 Date 5 Image Properties 6 Description Forward Reverse Changing the Image List Display Method Cl...

Page 33: ...w and drag the edge to adjust the row width To view images stored in other folders select a folder from the folder tree in the Navigation pane of the Browser or directly specify a folder in the path b...

Page 34: ...path box in the File pane Directly enter in the path box the path of the folder containing images you want to view Images in that folder appear in the File pane Also click to the right of the path bo...

Page 35: ...rations of functions within the Viewer c Menu bar You can select and execute the various functions and settings of ACDSee for PENTAX by selecting the menu items from the menu bar d Viewer toolbar View...

Page 36: ...ou can select and execute the various functions and settings of ACDSee Media Window by selecting the menu items from the menu bar You can select the image size of the movie from the View menu When the...

Page 37: ...ntly displayed frame of a movie to the clipboard Click Properties to display information of the movie or audio file being played back e Preview pane Preview pane displays and plays back movies f Opera...

Page 38: ...g software started from ACDSee for PENTAX To start ACD FotoCanvas select the image you want to edit in the File pane of the Browser and then select the Activities menu Edit Editor FotoCanvas You can a...

Page 39: ...adjust the tool settings 2 Click or drag the mouse cursor over the image to paint or draw shapes or text You can use the color options on the upper right hand side of the window to select the paint sh...

Page 40: ...e with the background image Blend mode and the transparency 4 Click outside of the dotted line of the pasted image The pasted image is attached to the original image This section introduces several ot...

Page 41: ...image look like a painting and create other interesting effects Images edited with ACD FotoCanvas can be saved with various image file formats 1 Select File menu Save As 2 In the Save Image As dialog...

Page 42: ...elect multiple images After selecting the images select Extras from the Activities menu and select PhotoStitcher from the submenu The PhotoStitcher is not enabled if two or more images are not selecte...

Page 43: ...ition has been adjusted click the STITCH button B 4 Select the stitching method You can choose from Big Plane or Cylinder for the stitching method Here you will create a flat panorama Click the Big Pl...

Page 44: ...trimming position A After the position has been adjusted click the Trimming button B 6 Save the image After confirming the trimming click the Save button to save the image To cancel the trimming clic...

Page 45: ...palette in the Alignment window window 2 B 5 Set the stitching parameters Click the Stitching method button in the window 2 C to open the stitching parameter selection window You can choose from Big...

Page 46: ...image Click the Trim button in the Stitching result window to display the dotted lines around the image A Move the mouse pointer over the dotted lines It changes into a symbol Hold down the mouse butt...

Page 47: ...45 10 Save the image Click the Save button in the Stitching result display window window 3 to save the image e_00_pc_kb353 book Page 45 Wednesday April 28 2004 1 27 PM...

Page 48: ...e Start menu desktop icon or ACDSee for PENTAX 1 Select the ACDSee for PENTAX Activities menu Create ACD Showtime The ACD Showtime for PENTAX startup window appears When an image or movie file is sele...

Page 49: ...ct The project currently opened in the Edit Show window closes If the project has not been saved a prompt appears asking if you want to save it With ACD Showtime for PENTAX you can add video images an...

Page 50: ...ges and music audio files can be rearranged is called the Timeline 2 Drag and drop video and images and rearrange them When loading an audio track you can drag the audio track to the point in the Time...

Page 51: ...me 1 Select the video to edit The Video menu appears on the left sidebar of the Edit Show window 2 Select Effects or Trim from the Video menu Select Effects to create various special effects and image...

Page 52: ...it function You can select from the following editing functions in the Image menu Rotate Flip Rotates the image 90 degrees or flips the image vertically or horizontally Crop Cut an area of the image a...

Page 53: ...t These effects are called transitions 1 Click the Toggle View Mode button The timeline changes to the display shown on the right 2 Select a transition Click and select a Transition The Transition men...

Page 54: ...ting the slider The actual transition effect and duration can be previewed by clicking the Preview button to play back the show You can adjust the playback time and the volume balance of music and oth...

Page 55: ...ow Click the Play button to preview the adjusted starting time and playback time Synchronizing the music audio starting time with the movie or image starting time When there are multiple movies or ima...

Page 56: ...age that has the same starting point 1 Click the right mouse button on an audio track in the timeline 2 Select Trim to slide from the menu The playback time of music audio is shortened to synchronize...

Page 57: ...together Make sure to save your project often The completed show can be saved as a digital video file with a format such as Windows Media Video AVI or MPEG 1 Saving a project 1 Click Save from the Pr...

Page 58: ...n wmv as your computer may not be able to recognize the video file If you accidentally delete or change the file extension select the video file format from Format to automatically assign the appropri...

Page 59: ...the printing options 4 Click Print You can create and print contact sheets thumbnails of your images You can add captions to each image page headers and footers and change the size of images 1 In the...

Page 60: ...older as the currently viewed image The Print dialog box is displayed when either is selected 2 Select or change the printing options 3 Click Print You can insert the date into an image file and print...

Page 61: ...d select the Activities menu Print FotoSlate The FotoSlate window appears 2 Click Add Page from the toolbar of the FotoSlate window 3 Select the template you want to use for the layout from the Add Pa...

Page 62: ...be entered Double click this area to display the Enter Text window and then enter the text The font size text color and orientation can be selected 6 Print the image Click the Print button on the tool...

Page 63: ...s To select several images hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard while clicking on all the pictures you want to send 2 Select Share from the Activities menu then select E mail The Send E mail dialog box i...

Page 64: ...riend wants to play back a movie that you created on your computer Boot the video software and select the video file you want to play by selecting the File menu Open then begin playback Playing Your M...

Page 65: ...he online help if you have problems operating the software 1 Select Search Topics from the Help menu The Help window appears 2 Select the Topic Keyword or Search tab to search for the item you are loo...

Page 66: ...displayed 2 Click Connect Now ACDInTouch is a service for sending information directly to ACDSee for PENTAX When you connect information is sent to you so that you can read up to date information dir...

Page 67: ...Memo e_00_pc_kb353 book Page 65 Wednesday April 28 2004 1 27 PM...

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